Reply #3: I'm against this [View All]

[Oerdin]

I like to think a man can pay his debt to society and then start over with his life. This makes people forever a criminal who cannot start over. Studies have concluded that the recitvism rate for ex-cons is so high because we currently punish them for life; many states have outlawed convicted felons (and there are 14 million of them who have served their time and been released) from working in vast sections of the economy. In many states they aren't just restricted from government jobs and schools but even things like barbers, nursing, car salesman, and they can't even vote.

How can we expect people to start over if we've made sure they can't ever get a job?

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